N97 is now available on Nokia Remote Device Access facility. I have taken the opportunity to use this to run a small "Phone Information" utility we use at NewLC (and that we will deliver to you soon) and here are a few figures that might be of interest.
Nokia has just released a beta version of the N97 SDK. This SDK is suitable for C/C++, Java, WebRuntime and Python development. It introduce a dedicated emulator with N97 look and feel as well as new APIs available on this particular device.